Word: stops
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Suave salesmen will describe to her the merits of an English shooting stick. They will talk up the all-purpose economy of a hand-carved duck decoy which, used for hunting in season, doubles as a door stop in winter, spring, and summer. On their shelves also is a cellophane-wrapped circular bread board, strapped to which are a bottle of sherry decorated with a bunch of grapes, a wedge of cheese, and a loaf of crusty bread...
...cannot lick something with nothing," Wallace says. "You cannot stop UMT without putting something better before the American people." He goes on to advocate universal disarmament and a world police force as a possible alternative...
Last summer the U.S., like a rather heavy uncle, felt obliged to stop Britain's spending money. Washington froze the last $400 million on the 1946 loan (all that was left of the original $3,750 million) because the British had not been able to keep sterling freely convertible. Last week Washington unfroze the $400 million...
Last week both men thought of reversing their positions. Said Dornand: "I think I'll strike. I want double pay for all that extra work." Said Sangnier (but not in Dornand's hearing): "I think I'll stop striking. As long as there's no work for me I might as well get paid...
...could get more gasoline from a tanker and fly toward Dakar, where another tanker would give it enough fuel to fly on to Natal. The airline could collect 18 extra fares and scrap its expensive Dakar base (passengers would be spared the yellow-fever shots required for a stop at Dakar...